The best way to end Mania is the belt on Bryan. Have 80,000 fans standing chanting Yes. WWE has always been a babyface territory/company. Give him the ball, stack the odds but he keeps escaping with the belt. Run with him. They can save it all by making that Orton/Lesnar match tonight and putting the belt on him. That segment showed clearly Lesnar is a bigger star than Orton or Batista.
Randy Orton gets zero reaction from the crowd. No pop, no heat. HORRIBLE idea to have the strap on a guy like that for a prolonged period. Wake the hell up, WWE.
some of y'all are just lost in the Bryan craze that is sweeping the WWE Universe... why would anybody seriously think that the WWE is going to have someone who has, been on TV for less than 4 years, and someone who has only really been pushed for a year or so, in the Main Event at Wrestlemania? They have to have someone who casual fans know about, they have to have someone who the "I quit watching when it got silly" fans will recognize and someone who might make them buy the PPV... Whether people like it or not, people remember Evolution, it had the nature boy (appeal to older fans) it had Triple H (appeal to Attitude Era fans) and to have the two young guys from Evolution finally fulfill what Evolution was supposed to (pass the torch to each other) could bring in some casual fans that forget how much of a douche both of these guys are. Sure having Daniel Bryan win the belt at WM 30 and chanting yes with everybody would be fun to watch, but why would the WWE cash in on that now? I mean they have a good 5-10 years left of Daniel Bryan, so why have it all culminate so early in his career, when they can string it out?
Best case scenario. Orton plays chicken**** too Lesnar and goads a Lesnar/Batista #1 contender tonight or at Elimination Chamber. Lesnar wins. Batista could get outside interference from Heyman paying the Shield or whatever. I wouldnt hate Lesnar/Orton at WM. I'd hope Bryan pins Orton for the belt. Bryan v. Lesnar is something I'd pay $1000 bucks to see. If not give Bryan the marquee match vs. Punk (definately fighting triple h at WM) Taker/Cena/Whoever. Also Bryan as a champ in ROH was great so I have total faith in him as a champ. He almost always has a slow heel turn as champ anyway based on arrogance and overconfidence ala CM Punk
Bryan is reportedly facing Sheamus at WM30. Like wtf. Ambrose needs to drop the title. WWE creative doesn't know what to do with Ambrose because he keeps being in these upper-card feuds. Either drop the belt and have him continue on, or disassemble the Shield and have Ambrose continue as US Champ.
Cena, Batista, Brock and the Miz are they guys that have gotten Main Event appearances less that 5 years into their WWE careers... Cena didn't main event until 06, which is 4 years after his debut but he had been heavily pushed ever since his first day in the company. and yes he did get responses like Bryan, people just hate to admit it. Spoiler [youtube]ohpQRZ8qsGc[/youtube] Batista Main Evented for the first time in 2005, but again he had been heavily pushed ever since his first day, and also there was a very strong background to the storyline heading into his match against Triple H. Brock was in the Main Event just one year after his TV debut but he was the most pushed Superstar in the history of wrestling and i don't expect a push like that to ever happen again (unless it was some famous MMA fighter or football player) and The Miz.... hell I can't defend that debacle! lol But if you look at the first 3 they all had some things in common: 1) Physically amazing, ripped, strong as an ox. 2) They had all been pushed early because they had planned on them Main Eventing early on in their careers. When it comes to Bryan, I think him getting so over has come as surprise to the WWE. They didn't think this Yes chant was going to become what it has and they didn't plan on Bryan being the hottest guy in the company right now. And the Main Event at WM is scheduled and planned up to a year before hand so they aren't going to just abandon their plan because of a fad that is sweeping the nation. Not to mention it is very possible that Batista was guaranteed the Main Event at WM while they were in contract negotiations.
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/pDXa4yxJZ80" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> 2 legends. RIP
Don't set your **** 12 months in advance. You can have an idea of what you want, but don't set it in stone. Wish they planned their **** in August. It used to be that SummerSlam sets up and builds to WrestleMania. And now it seems Royal Rumble sets up WrestleMania.
If the WWE isn't gonna put Bryan in the main event picture, they will have to think of something to placate the fans, because errbody gettin booed right now. This company managed to get Rey Mysterio roundly booed. Orton and Batista are both hated right now, and that certainly won't work going forward. I doubt they planned it that way, but they are probably gonna be forced to audible into a triple threat.
I don't care about the Bryan marks. I like him okay, but still have no clue how he got so over just by saying YES! a lot. Stone Cold was over like crazy for a year plus before he got the belt. Stop trying to force it, I say. However, I do think they have to get Reigns out of Shield and onto his own. Dude has serious star potential. Future main eventer, IMO.
Chiming in a little late but here goes... -That was one of the most disappointing Royal Rumble matches in WWE history. If you want to put it on the worst list, it's right up there with Hacksaw's win when the Royal Rumble had no meaning/reward and the Yokozuna Royal Rumble win where he was booked as a monster and there were literally no other legitimate contenders in the match other than an aging Randy Savage. Never has a Royal Rumble been so damn predictable. CM Punk's chances were screwed the second he was booked as #1. And no one besides Batista had any chance. Sheamus was the only true surprise and even that sucked. Kevin Nash, been there done that. The guy can barely move. Yawn. JBL and El Torito were wasted spots that should've been reserved for Bryan and a worthy surprise like a Jericho, Ken Shamrock, Jake Roberts, Scott Hall ANYONE. WWE deserved every bit of the reaction it received. The one good thing about the Elmination Chamber PPV is that it can be used to FIX mistakes. Orton is in the Chamber and I feel he should drop the title. For Mania to be any good, it needs to avoid by any costs an Orton vs Batista match for the strap. WWE originally wanted that, they need to scrap it because it'll get the Orton/Cena "we-dont-wanna-see-this-treatment". Best case scenario would be Bryan v Lesnar like it was said before. If Orton keeps the title, than there has to be somehow, someway that Batista doesn't face Orton at Mania. I think the most feasible way is to just make it a triple threat. Mania Card WWE Heavyweight Championship Match Randy Orton(C) vs Daniel Bryan vs. Batista **BRYAN MUST WIN** Cena/Hogan/Warrior vs. The Wyatt Family HHH w/ HBK vs. CM Punk Undertaker vs. Lesnar
